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I also work at a big tech company who is equalizing their performance-related bonuses this year. Before the pandemic, I went remote to a place which is not impa

I also work at a big tech company who is equalizing their performance-related bonuses this year. Before the pandemic, I went remote to a place which is not impacted by the pandemic as much as Silicon Valley, so I have been able to continue to make use of most of normal childcare facilities. During these past 7 months or so my output has increased as I put in extra hours to pick up the slack of my colleagues who have had to deal with their life situations in hard-hit areas, child related and non-child-related, while I am in an area where life has continued relatively normally. Now I find out my annual bonus this year will be capped to what everybody else gets. So this doesn't just impact the childfree - it impacts SV expats as well.

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hyeomans 6y ago
What region/state/country was this? Vietnam?
- alibarber 6y ago
  'Lockdown' in the developed European country I'm living in (Finland) consisted of closing the border to non-residents, and bars, restaurants, theatres and cinemas for a couple of months. All of those are now open - apart from the border, with some restrictions but honestly I wouldn't know what they are because for my usage of them it all seems pretty normal...
  - LeanderK 6y ago
    > apart from the border In germany it's a mandatory corona-test and quarantine until the results come back if you entered the country from a high-risk region (to avoid the spread through travelling). No restrictions as far as I know if the region is not considered a high-risk one. I guess it's similar in Finland.
CincinnatiMan 6y ago
Question, in what manner is your work level impacted by your coworkers' work level? This is different from where I work where if somebody goes on vacation, we adjust our sprint capacity accordingly during our planning.
- jerkstate 6y ago
  Having an oncall rotation with fewer people available means the available people are oncall more often. Committments that are hard to slip for internal political reasons means that those who are available to work pick up the slack. Fewer people to spread the constant level of customer support load over. Knowledge silos where you had an "expert" on subsystems and they are not available but that subsystem needs a fix so someone new has to go in and learn the system in order to fix it. I'm happy for you that your team does not suffer any of these inefficiencies, but these are not uncommon in work of certain shapes (SRE, for example)

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hyeomans 6y ago

What region/state/country was this? Vietnam?

alibarber 6y ago
'Lockdown' in the developed European country I'm living in (Finland) consisted of closing the border to non-residents, and bars, restaurants, theatres and cinemas for a couple of months. All of those are now open - apart from the border, with some restrictions but honestly I wouldn't know what they are because for my usage of them it all seems pretty normal...
- LeanderK 6y ago
  > apart from the border In germany it's a mandatory corona-test and quarantine until the results come back if you entered the country from a high-risk region (to avoid the spread through travelling). No restrictions as far as I know if the region is not considered a high-risk one. I guess it's similar in Finland.

CincinnatiMan 6y ago

Question, in what manner is your work level impacted by your coworkers' work level? This is different from where I work where if somebody goes on vacation, we adjust our sprint capacity accordingly during our planning.

jerkstate 6y ago
Having an oncall rotation with fewer people available means the available people are oncall more often. Committments that are hard to slip for internal political reasons means that those who are available to work pick up the slack. Fewer people to spread the constant level of customer support load over. Knowledge silos where you had an "expert" on subsystems and they are not available but that subsystem needs a fix so someone new has to go in and learn the system in order to fix it. I'm happy for you that your team does not suffer any of these inefficiencies, but these are not uncommon in work of certain shapes (SRE, for example)